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= Introduction: Lesson 24 =

= Student Outcomes: = Students will analyze a character in a story. Students will explain how the setting affects the outcome of a story. Students will interpret a quote from a story. Students will provide specific details when comparing or contrasting characters, settings and events. Students will assess how point of view shapes the content and style of a text. Students will analyze text features.

1. Reread the following sentence from the story: What does this tell you about Rachel? 2. Reread the journal entry from May 30, 1850. What does the following quote mean?
 * =Title 1: "Rachel's Journal"= || =Title 2: "Westward to Freedom"= ||
 * =Questions:=
 * "The twins hid behind my skirt and the others huddled around me when the brave rode up to us and leapt off his pony."**
 * "The Platte is swollen and wild."** Use evidence from the entry to support your answer.

1. Why do you think the author writes the journal entries in a child's viewpoint? 2. In what ways do different settings of the story affect the outcomes? || =Questions:= 1. Based on the timeline on pages 622-623, how do the facts and dates relate to the title of the selection? ||
 * Post reading:**

= Summative Question: = In the 1800//s,// people traveled west for many reasons. Working with a partner, compare the experiences of the characters described in "Rachel's Journal" to the experiences of the African American pioneers in "Westward to Freedom." Use information from both selections to write a paragraph explaining what was happening in the United States during the time in which these two selections are set.

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